at 12:30 PM, Nancy Benninger of Guilford Collegewill be here to speak with interested students;

at 5:30 PM, the Virginia Beach City Public Schools College Night takes place. This is open to anyone, and it is a great opportunity for students from 9th through 12th grade to meet with representatives from multiple colleges and learn about financial aid opportunities too!

On Friday morning the Early School students will parade through the US and trick or treat classes, so be prepared! In the evening we have the Halloween Carnival and the Chili Cook-off. Get your Carnival tickets ahead of time and come and enjoy a variety of activities. Please note, there will NOT be a dance after the carnival.

The Class of 2017 is selling lunch from Taste Unlimited on Tuesdays. Check with Teacher Nicola, Teacher Jeff, or a member of the Class of 2017 to order. You may download a form from the sidebar.

The Class of 2016 is selling Tropical Smoothies for lunch on Wednesdays. Orders need to be placed by Tuesday afternoon! Please see a member of the Class of 2016 for ordering information.

The Class of 2018is selling Firehouse subs for lunch on Thursdays. Orders MUST be placed by Wednesday afternoon. Please see a member of the Class of 2018 to order. You may download a form from the sidebar.

The Class of 2019 has cheese and pepperoni pizza available from Papa John's on Fridays for $1.50 a slice. This may be pre-ordered on Friday mornings during Advisory.

Advanced Composition: The Cause and Effect paper is due on Thursday, October 29th.As part of the I-Search process, we will explore explore Chapter 21: “The Research Paper” and Chapter 22: “Documenting Sources.” Most of you have given some thought as to what your topic will be, so this week you need to get started on planning your search! Please remember to bring a book to read for SSR to class each day. Also, you should be bringing your writer's daybook/journal to class and making at least one entry per week during SSR. ​

American Short Story:Response Paper 1 is due Wednesday, October 28th.We will continue our readings in Unit 2, “Literature from the 1950s and 1960s.” We have three selections to read this week:

“Harrison Bergeron”

“Everything that Rises Must Converge”

“A & P”

After we read “Harrison Bergeron,” we will be watching a short film adaptation, 2081: Everyone will Finally be Equal [2009]. It is a chilling extrapolation of the current focus on being “politically correct.” Remember, you may use your completed study sheets/vocabulary cards during the unit test. So, if you need more of these, you may want to download them, print a few out, and fill them out as we read!

Art History I: This week we will finish our exploration of Early Renaissance Art, and we have a LOT of reading to do:

Italian Renaissance Sculpture i

Donatello

Masaccio: The Holy Trinity

Italian Renaissance Painting 1

Fra Angelico: The San Marco Annunciation

Italian Painting 2: Tuscany in Mid-Century

Piero della Francesca: The Flagellation

Italian Sculpture 2: New Modes and Types

Italian Painting 3: Florence and Rome

Botticelli: Primavera

Renaissance Painting in North and Central Italy

Renaissance Painting in Venice

Fundamentals of Composition:Don't forget, the narrative essay is due on Monday, October 26th! Remember as you revise that you need to focus on the grammar issues I pointed out for you to work on when I returned your critiques! This week we will work on Chapter 7: “Process Analysis, Explaining How,” and we will read two different kinds of process analysis essays:

“Fast Track to Perfection”

“Waves of Destruction”

Please do NOT forget to bring a book to read and your journal for SSR and Strategies for Successful Writing to class EVERY day. When you don't, you lose points from your participation grade....

Science Fiction/Fantasy: You need to have finished Dune as your postcards from Arrakis are due on Friday, the 28th[yes, I moved the date out as a couple of you will be out during the first part of the week]. We will be watching David Lynch's version of Dune and beginning our next novel: The Martian Chronicles. I will have your new blog post up by Monday afternoon, and then you will need to make your original post by Thursday at midnight and the follow-up response to a classmate by Saturday at midnight.

The Word--The Old Testament: We will finish watching Samson and Delilah, and then move on to Unit 5: Kingdom and Exile, reading Chapter 10: “David the King” and then watching The Bible Collection: David.

ONLINE CLASSES:

Advanced Placement Comparative Government: Please make sure you are following the pacing guide for the class; remember, regardless of whether or not WE have class/school, Virtual Virginia is available, and you may have assignments due!

Advanced Placement Psychology: Please make sure you are following the pacing guide for the class; remember, regardless of whether or not WE have class/school, Virtual Virginia is available, and you may have assignments due!

Creative Writing [online]: Please make sure you are following the pacing guide for the class; remember, regardless of whether or not WE have class/school, Virtual Virginia is available, and you may have assignments due!

Latin II [online]: Please make sure you are following the pacing guide for the class; remember, regardless of whether or not WE have class/school, Virtual Virginia is available, and you may have assignments due!

This is a busy week for Upper School! The Admissions Representative from Regent University will be visiting on Monday, the 19th at 10:15, and the Admissions Representative from Bridgewater College will be visiting on Tuesday the 20th at 10:15.

Then on Friday, we have a full day indeed:

There will be an all day Silent Art Auction, consisting of student and professional work, taking place in several areas of the campus--perhaps a good way to get started on holiday shopping....

Grandparents' Day visits will take place from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM.

The Fall Admissions Open House will be held from 12:00 noon to 3:00 PM.

Additionally, we are hosting conference sports tournaments on campus Friday in the afternoon.

Finally, Community Movie Night begins at 7:30 PM. It will be a double feature, It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and Hocus Pocus on the soccer field. If the weather is inclement, there will be no movies.

The Class of 2017 is selling lunch from Taste Unlimited on Tuesdays. Check with Teacher Nicola, Teacher Jeff, or a member of the Class of 2017 for ordering information.

The Class of 2016 is selling Tropical Smoothies for lunch on Wednesdays. Orders need to be placed by Tuesday afternoon! Please see a member of the Class of 2016 for ordering information.

The Class of 2018 is selling Firehouse subs for lunch on Thursdays. Orders MUST be placed by Wednesday afternoon. Please see a member of the Class of 2018 for more information.

The Class of 2019 has cheese and pepperoni pizza available from Papa John's on Fridays for $1.50 a slice. This may be pre-ordered on Friday mornings during Advisory.

Advanced Composition: We will continue our discussion about the I-Search project this week. First, we will finish watching Rabbit in the Moon, and then we will explore Chapter 21: “The Research Paper.”Please remember to bringa book to read for SSR to class each day. Also, you should be bringing your writer's daybook/journal to class and making at least one entry per week during SSR. Remember, the Cause and Effect paperis due on Thursday, October 29th.

American Short Story: We will continue with Unit 2, "Literature from the 1950s and 1960s." We have three selections to read this week:

“Barn Burning”

“Angel Levine”

“The Wrysons”

Remember, you may use your completed study sheets/vocabulary cards during the unit test. So, if you need more of these, you may want to download them, print a few out, and fill them out as we read! Reminder: Response Paper 1 is due Wednesday, October 28th. Don't forget about this!

Art History I: This week we begin exploring Early Renaissance Art, starting with the documentary Art of the Western World: Art History from Ancient Greece to Andy Warhol, Episode 3: “The Early Renaissance.” Our reading selections for this week include:

Netherlandish Art 1: Sluter and the van Eycks

Jan van Eyck: “the Arnolfini Marriage”

Netherlandish Art 2: Rogier van der Weyden

Netherlandish Art 3 and its Diffusion

Bosch: “The Garden of Earthly Delights”

Fundamentals of Composition: Please do NOT forget to bring a book to read for SSR and Strategies for Successful Writing to class EVERY day. When you don't, you lose points from your participation grade.... We will continue with Chapter 6: “Description: Presenting Impressions” this week, and we will start by sharing the descriptions of your bedrooms that you wrote on Friday. Then we have two reading selections which are excellent examples of descriptive writing:

“When the Full Moon Shines its Magic Over Monument Valley”

“Assembly Line Adventures”

Finally, during Writing Workshop, we should have time to work on the narrative essay which is due on Wednesday, October 21st.

Science Fiction/Fantasy: We are reading Frank Herbert's Dune, and you should be reading Book III this week.... You need to plan on finishing the book by the weekend! We did not have a blog last week, but I will have your new blog post up by Monday afternoon, and then you will need to make your original post by Thursday at midnight and the follow-up response to a classmate by Saturday at midnight.

The Word--The Old Testament: Reminder: your Ten Commandments Glogster assignment is due on Tuesday, October 20th! We will finish watching The Ten Commandments: the 50th Anniversary Collection. And then we will move on to Samson and Delilah.

ONLINE CLASSES:

Advanced Placement Comparative Government:Please make sure you are following the pacing guide for the class; remember, regardless of whether or not WE have class/school, Virtual Virginia is available, and you may have assignments due!Advanced Placement Psychology:Please make sure you are following the pacing guide for the class; remember, regardless of whether or not WE have class/school, Virtual Virginia is available, and you may have assignments due!Creative Writing [online]:Please make sure you are following the pacing guide for the class; remember, regardless of whether or not WE have class/school, Virtual Virginia is available, and you may have assignments due!

Latin II [online]: Please make sure you are following the pacing guide for the class; remember, regardless of whether or not WE have class/school, Virtual Virginia is available, and you may have assignments due!

This is a B week, and plans are heating up for the Halloween Carnival on Friday, October 30th! Have you signed up to volunteer yet?